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ITS : A National and Regional Perspective Tony Kane American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ITS –DC DOT Workshop Howard University December 1 st, 2009 The IntelliDrive SM logo is a service mark of the U.S. Department of Transportation
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Briefing Agenda Intelligent Transportation Systems 511 Systems IntelliDrive(SM) USDOT and State Activities I-95 Corridor Coalition Reauthorization and ITS Summary
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3 511 Deployment Status = 511 Operational (“Live”) as of October 2009 D.C. Accessible by 60% of Population Goal: Accessible by 70% of Population in 2009-2010 = Expected “Live” 2009 - 2010
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511 Trends Personalized Services Receive information based on user profile Social networking “Twitter” Washington DOT, Kansas DOT, Rhode Island DOT, New York, St Louis, etc Facebook Texas, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon, FHWA, etc Challenges Distracted Drivers – 511 Deployment Coalition developing guidance Relationship between public and private information providers – new serves from Inrix, Nokia, ATT, etc – defining what the public provides in this new environment
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5 511 System Updates Virginia Statewide 511 SystemVirginia Statewide 511 System Will hit the 8 million call mark in December 2009 Recently launched a regional Twitter Service Plans to introduce applications for mobiles, pdas and other devices Setting up large screen displays at key welcome centers and malls that will display speed and travel time information
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6 511 System Updates Maryland Statewide 511 SystemMaryland Statewide 511 System RFP issued in May 2009 Currently working on changing the funding source for this procurement Vendor selection decision expected in the 1 st quarter of 2010 System expected to launch in late 2010
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7 511 System Updates Washington D.C.Washington D.C. The District has plans to integrate its information with either the Virginia or the Maryland 511 Systems. Currently the District provides data to RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System ) RITIS is working to automate data sharing, dissemination, and archiving of transit and transportation management data in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.
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Our Mutual Challenges! & IntelliDrive(SM) Safety 37000 highway deaths/year Crashes cost $300B per year Leading cause of death for ages 4 to 34 Mobility 4.2 billion hours of travel delay $87.2 billion cost of urban congestion Environment 2.8 billion gallons of wasted fuel ↓Emissions ↓Greenhouse Gases ↓ Particulates
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IntelliDrive(SM) Long term effort with AASHTO/Auto Industry/USDOT since 2004 We need to pay attention Because: Challenging Program, but great potential for safety and mobility benefits Proposed NHTSA/FHWA regulatory or policy decision in 2013!!! Activities underway on national and state levels
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AASHTO IntelliDrive Actions IntelliDrive(SM) Strategic Plan AASHTO web site under Committees “SSOM” Stresses AASHTO commitment/leadership & support IntelliDrive(SM) Deployment Plan RFP Advertized November 16 th---thru December Provide insight into infrastructure & operational needs One year effort Educating AASHTO Community Mobility Showcases ITS World Congress Scanning Tours
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I-95 Corridor Coalition What is the I-95 Corridor Coalition?What is the I-95 Corridor Coalition? Began in the early 1990’s Volunteer organization A large alliance of transportation agencies, toll authorities, and public safety agencies Agencies up and down the I-95 Corridor from Maine to Florida, + Canada Provide a forum for key decision and policy makers 11
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I-95 Corridor Coalition ITS Initiatives Safe Trip 21 21 Probe data Safety emphases—(speed; distracted drivers;etc.) Freight movement emphases 511 Security/emergency response/incident response
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Reauthorization and ITS AASHTO supports a new Operations and Management program---$3B per year RD&T : increase ITS to $150 m per year; increase the safety RD&T pots of all the modes; Implement SHRP ---reliability and safety $50 m per year for VMT user fee pilots Performance based programs
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Follow-up Join 511 Deployment Coalition Sponsored travel and large support network Jim Wright jwright@aashto.orgjwright@aashto.org List serve at: 511_coalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Monitor IntelliDrive(sm) Website intellidriveusa.org Join AASHTO Subcommittee on Systems Operations and Management and the Standing Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management Mark Bush mbush@aashto.org
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